NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 308

HOUSE BILL 841

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING THE NAMES FROM THE REGISTRATION RECORDS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE MOVED TO ANOTHER COUNTY OR STATE OR WHO HAVE DIED AND TO REMOVE OBSOLETE REFERENCES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 163-69, as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by rewriting the second and third sentences in the fourth paragraph to read:

"Also, at any time, including the time required by this section for mandatory purging of persons who have not voted for the specified period, the county board of elections shall remove from the permanent registration records the names of all persons who have moved their residence from the county as indicated by cancellation notices received from other counties and other states and shall remove the names of those persons who have died according to the certified list received from the Department of Human Resources. Prior to removing any person's name from the registration records for failure to vote as specified in the mandatory purge provision, the county board of elections shall cause to be mailed to the person affected, at the address shown on the permanent registration records, a notice to show cause why his registration should not be voided."

Sec. 2. G.S. 163-72(a), as the same appears in the Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting in the second sentence of the first paragraph the words "After signing the certification," in lieu of "After being sworn,".

Sec. 3. G.S. 163-251(a)1., as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the words and punctuation ", whose original applications are herewith filed with the State Board of Elections".

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of May, 1981.